Visual Materials

Mount Wilson trail and toll road photographs

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Description: Consists of ten photographs taken along the toll road, trail, half-way house, summit cabin, and Martin's Camp on Mount Wilson. The photos also show the natural landscape, pine trees, pack burros, horse riders, and wagons.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1800s-1943.
Call number: photPF 230-239
Provenance: /Acquired from Prinz, 1943.
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"On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road." [View of mountains]

Visual Materials

This small collection contains 17 commercial card photographs taken by Stiffler & Gill around 1896 promoting outdoor recreational activities and the natural scenery around Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California. Many of the scenes include historic camp sites including Strain's and Martin's camps, often depicting people amid tents and engaged in recreational activities. Each of the photographs has the title "On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road" stamped on the mount.

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